I just love the picture book, EGG! It's written by my friend and Spork Sister, Laura Clement, and illustrated beautifully by Sunny Choi. As the title character says, WHOMPBOOM! Read on to learn about Laura's stories, creativity, and connections. STORIES -- Discuss what inspires your ideas and stories, and share the process about your latest projects. Life inspires my ideas. I love walking around and seeing life, breathing it in and feeling it. I have a photographer’s eye, I

I am so happy to begin my 3 Question Interview Series with Children's Author Tonya Calvert. The three questions relate to the theme of this blog, “This Writing Life – Stories . . . Creativity . . . Connection.” Tonya is the author of the newly released picture book, SAYLOR ON THE SEASHORE, published by Clear Fork Publishing (and she's also one of my Spork Sisters!). Welcome, Tonya! QUESTION 1: STORIES – Discuss what inspires your ideas and stories, and share the process abou